cut back

英 [kʌt bæk]

美 [kʌt bæk]

减少; 削减; 缩减

牛津词典

• 以上各词均含减少、缩小之义，尤指削减经费、缩减生意。
  These words all mean to reduce the amount or size of sth, especially of an amount of money or a business.
• 指削减、缩减、裁减（尤指经费、开支、收入或生意规模）：
  to reduce sth, especially an amount of money that is demanded, spent, earned, etc. or the size of a business
  1. The President has promised to cut taxes significantly.
     总统承诺大幅度减税。
  2. Buyers will bargain hard to cut the cost of the house they want.
     买主会竭力讨价还价以压低他们想买的房子的价格。
  3. His salary has been cut by ten per cent.
     他的薪金减少了百分之十。
  4. Could you cut your essay from 5 000 to 3 000 words?
     请把你的文章从5 000字删减至3 000字好吗？
• （常用于报章）指大幅度削减、大大降低：
  [often passive] ( rather informal ) (often used in newspapers) to reduce sth by a large amount
  1. The workforce has been slashed by half.
     职工人数裁减了一半。
• 指削减、缩减、裁减（尤指经费或生意）：
  to reduce sth, especially an amount of money or business
  1. We had to cut back production.
     我们只得减产。
• 指削减、缩减、裁减（尤指经费或生意）：
  ( especially NAmE or business ) to reduce sth, especially an amount of money or business
  1. The IMF has scaled back its growth forecasts for the next decade.
     国际货币基金组织已经调低对未来十年的增长预测。
• 指对企业或制度进行合理化改革，使合理化、使有经济效益
  ( BrE , business ) to make changes to a business or system, in order to make it more efficient, especially by spending less money
• 指公司或机构精简人员以降低成本。
  ( business ) to make a company or organization smaller by reducing the number of jobs in it, in order to reduce costs
• 指减少（数量）、缩小（规模或范围）：
  to reduce the number, size or extent of sth
  1. We are scaling down our training programmes next year.
     我们将在明年缩小培训计划。

柯林斯词典

• See also:They will be concerned to cut back expenditure on unnecessary items...The Government has cut back on defence spending...We have been cutting back a bit: we did have thirteen horses, but now it's nine.cutback

英英释义

verb

• place restrictions on
  1. curtail drinking in school
  Synonym:restrictcurtailcurb
• cut down on
  1. reduce your daily fat intake
  2. The employer wants to cut back health benefits
  Synonym:reducecut downtrimtrim downtrim backcutbring down
• cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
  1. dress the plants in the garden
  Synonym:snipclipcroptrimlopdressprune
• return in time
  1. the film cut back to an earlier event in the story
  Synonym:flash back

双语例句

• Thanks for noticing. I cut back on desserts and lost ten pounds.
  谢谢你能注意到。我少吃一些点心，就减了十磅。
• The film cut back to the earlier scene so that we understood her reasons.
  电影倒叙了以前的情景，使我们了解了她的理由。
• Rose bushes shoot again after being cut back.
  玫瑰丛修剪后又发新枝了。
• We shall have to cut back on our spending.
  我们将不得不削减我们的经费。
• We oppose any plans to cut back production.
  我们反对任何削减生产的计划。
• Steel production has been cut back in recent months.
  最近几个月钢产量被缩减了。
• We have a terrible government that has cut back funding to the arts.
  他指出：我们这届政府很糟糕，他们削减了对艺术的资助。
• I told you to cut back spending.
  我跟你说了要少花点的嘛。
• If we cannot sell more, we will have to cut back on production.
  如果我们的销量不会更好的话，我们将减少产量。
• We have been cutting back a bit: we did have thirteen horses, but now it's nine.
  我们已经作了一些削减：原来我们是有13匹马，现在只有9匹。